The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-04

rRplQly settled that many OF tDem arg
to-day presenting their claims for fed
Grafton with the Union as independent
States. What
FORTUNES HAVE BEEN MADE
and lost while such changes have
been taking PLACED How many mil
lionaires have appeared in that time?
And it is not necessary to be a prophet
to predict that the end has not yet
come. The opportunities to-day are
as great as they were twenty years ago.
There is plenty OF virgin soil upon our
plains and valleys, and the treasures OF
our mountains have not been all dis
covered. As the populations grow
thicker their wants increase, and the
greater is the demand for energy and
intelligence. Young men are apt to be
Indifferent to these considerations;
they are absorbed in the present, and
do not stop to think of the feetness OF
time and the important changes which
few years can bring.
l have said that it was less than
twenty years since railroad was built
across the Mississippi. l might sup
plement this by saying that all
the great changes that have been
wrought between the Mississippi and
the Pacific have occurred within ten
years. Where were the Kansas City,
the Omaha, the Denver of the present,
ten years ago; and Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Jose, Portland, and the
many prosperous cities of the Pacific
coast five years agoP 1t is only neces-
sary to reflect a few minutes on these
changes 10 realize the possibilities which
are in store for our inter-mountain re
gi0n.
THERE is MUCH TO BE SAID OF SALT LAKE
that will be of interest to your readers
and the general public. With the in
calculable advantages it offers for bust
ness and its innumerable attractions as
a home, it is impossible to understand
why it has not received mole attention
in the past from the outside world.
The Dead Sea of America" alone,
which lies to the west, few miles from
the city, is one of the rarest and most
delightful spots in the world and is yet
destined to become the greatest pleas
IRE resort of the continent. l venture
a decade, will be given the preference
sort. AS a gentleman from the east
expressed himself before the close of
the bathing season, "If the lake were
located anywhere near the large cities
of the east, its shores would be dotted
from end to END with cottages and
villas. The people who have been born
here or who have lived here long time
cannot appreciate the grandeur and
beauty of their Surroundings as we
strangers do" In fact. no one who mas
visited Salt Lake during the summer
season can help giving expression to
the pleasure and enthusiasm with which
the surroundings inspire them.
[ cannot tire your readers by enter
ing into details of
OUR RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS
in one letter, but l will endeavor in
future to enter upon the consideration
of the various phases of Our life and
short description of the loneliness and
sublime grandeur of our surroundings.
l can hardly close without referring |
to our climate. While walking behind |
a gentleman from California to-day I |
heard him remark to his companion ?
that at this season they usually had |!
cold rains on the Pacific slope, and that |
the atmosphere was very disagreeable |
n consequence. Here we have enioyed |
he same delightful weather without
change since early spring; balmy.
warm atmosphere and sunlight that
,laddens and exhilarates. Utah has
lot become famous as tropical climate,
,ut within her borders the brilliant
the luxuriant vegetation and
he delightful atmosphere OF the
ropics can be enjoyed. Southern
Utah is tropical in all It's features, and
ALT Lake is ad liittedly superior in
Innate to the vaunted retreats of the
Pacific slope.
M. J. FoRHAN.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah,